[The use of the DOS and Delirium Prevalence: a quantitative longitudinal study at a Swiss-German central hospital].

The use of the DOS and Delirium Prevalence: a quantitative longitudinal study at a Swiss-German central hospital With a prevalence of 12-64%, delirium is a common complication in acute care, associated with negative outcomes such as increased mortality and prolonged length of stay. Many hospitals have guidelines to improve the delirium management. The Delirium Observation Screening Scale (DOS) Score is collected in the study hospital from all patients ≥ 70 years at each shift for at least 3 days.

Patients' sexual harassment of nurses and nursing students: A cross-sectional study.

Background: Workplace sexual harassment towards nurses is a global phenomenon: approximately one quarter of all nurses are affected by sexual harassment. The extent and type of sexual harassment vary greatly depending on the country, culture, level of education, and care setting. Notably, patients are amongst the main perpetrators.

Use of digital technologies to combat loneliness and social isolation: a cross-sectional study in Swiss outpatient care during COVID-19 pandemic.

Background: There is limited data on the use of digital technologies in outpatient care in Switzerland. Our objectives were therefore to determine which digital technologies are used and whether they had an impact on loneliness and social isolation in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey design was used with a convenience sample of 1272 outpatient care providers in Switzerland.

The influence of nurse characteristics on practice skills and attitudes towards working with families in critical care: A regression analysis.

Objectives: The study aimed to identify nurse characteristics that influence their self-perceived practice skills in working with families and their attitudes towards engaging families in adult and neonatal intensive care units.

Research Methodology/design: Secondary data analysis using a descriptive, cross-sectional design.

Setting: An online survey was completed by 256 nurses from six adult intensive (73% response rate) and two neonatal intensive and one intermediate care unit (27% response rate) in a Swiss, university affiliated hospital.

Evaluation of knowledge about gestational diabetes mellitus among postpartum women and its connection with women's sociodemographic and clinical characteristics: a quantitative cross-sectional study.

Objective: to define the knowledge level among postpartum women affected by gestational diabetes and identify its association with women's sociodemographic and clinical characteristics.

Design And Setting: a cross-sectional comparative study was conducted. Data collection took place in a single university hospital in the German speaking part of Switzerland.

[Differences in epaAC© in heart failure patients with or without readmission: a retrospective case-control study].

Differences in epaAC© in heart failure patients with or without readmission: A retrospective case-control study Heart failure is one of the most frequent reasons for hospitalization in elderly people. In heart failure, approximately 22.8 % of hospitalised patients are rehospitalised within 30 days.

[Delirium at the Hospital - Nursing effort and risk of falling: A Routine data analysis].

Delirium at the Hospital - Nursing effort and risk of falling: A Routine data analysis In order to reduce the risks and symptoms of delirium, a total hospital guideline for delirium prevention and management was established. To date, there have been few findings on the implementation of the guideline. The aim of this study was to analyse data collected by application of the Delirium Observation Screening Scale and on the use of care measures for the prevention and treatment of delirium.

The home care work environment's relationships with work engagement and burnout: A cross-sectional multi-centre study in Switzerland.

This study aimed to investigate the levels of burnout and work engagement among home care workers in Switzerland and to test their association with job demands and job resources. We conducted a multi-centre, cross-sectional survey in the German-speaking part of Switzerland with a convenience sample of seven home care agencies. Data were collected between September 2017 and January 2018.

Pain Intervention for people with Dementia in nursing homes (PID): study protocol for a quasi-experimental nurse intervention.

Background: It is estimated that 19 to 83% of people with dementia suffer from pain that is inadequately treated in the last months of life. A large number of healthcare workers who care for these people in nursing homes lack appropriate expertise and may therefore not always recognise, assess and treat pain in those with dementia who have complex problems on time, properly and efficiently. The aim of this intervention trial is to identify care needs of people with dementia suffering from pain living in a nursing home.

Variances in family carers' quality of life based on selected relationship and caregiving indicators: A quantitative secondary analysis.

Aims And Objectives: To determine subgroups of family carers based on family relational and caregiving variables and to explore group differences in relation to selected carer outcomes.

Background: Family caregiving in later life holds a myriad of positive and negative outcomes for family members' well-being. However, factors that constitute family carers' experience and explain variances are less well understood.

[Support of the nursing process through electronic nursing documentation systems (UEPD) – Initial validation of an instrument].

Background: Electronic nursing documentation systems, with standardized nursing terminology, are IT-based systems for recording the nursing processes. These systems have the potential to improve the documentation of the nursing process and to support nurses in care delivery.

Aim: This article describes the development and initial validation of an instrument (known by its German acronym UEPD) to measure the subjectively-perceived benefits of an electronic nursing documentation system in care delivery.

Early education and counselling of patients with acute coronary syndrome. A pilot study for a randomized controlled trial.

Background: At time of discharge, patients with acute coronary syndrome often have a knowledge deficit regarding their disease, further treatment and necessary behavioural changes. It is well known that self-efficacy as a prerequisite for behavioural changes can be influenced by patient education. This study investigated whether an individualized education programme starting early in the cardiac care unit enhanced self-efficacy and rehabilitation programme attendance, and was feasible and satisfying for patients.

[Development of a nurse-led family counseling program for families of the elderly: the first cycle of a Community-Based Action Research Project (CBPR)].

Background: With the support of family members many elderly people can live an independent life at home. Accepting support respectively providing support might be a challenge for both elder and family member. Families often have little professional support to manage those challenges.

Effects on the quality of the nursing care process through an educational program and the use of electronic nursing documentation.

Purpose: To evaluate the effect of the educational program "Guided Clinical Reasoning" (GCR) and the introduction of an intelligent electronic nursing documentation system (e-doc) on the quality of the nursing process.

Methods: Evaluation was conducted at three measurement points and rated with the instrument "Quality of Nursing Diagnoses, Interventions and Outcomes" (Q-DIO).

Findings: GCR showed the best Q-DIO-scores.

Quality of life in adult patients with epilepsy and their family members.

Purpose: Epilepsy is not only a neurological disorder but may also have negative psychosocial consequences on people with epilepsy (PWE) and their relatives. Epilepsy has a major impact on quality of life (QoL) in PWE and family members. However, less is known about the impact of family support and family functioning on quality of life for PWE and family members and their interaction.